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.SIMEONB. GASTLEQHOF CORTLAND, NEW'YOR'KI'" Letters Patent 75,366, dated lllarclt 10, 1868.

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TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN: 4

Be it known that I, SIMEON B. CASTLE, of, Cortland, in the county of Cortland, and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Combined Surface-Elevators; and; I'dd' hereby declare'that the following is a full, olear, and exact description of the samc, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which make-a part of thisspecifieation, and which represent a side elevation ofthe apparatas,,-the two sides being the same. v

The purpose of my invention is to raise hay, stone, earth, or other substance from the surface of the ground and loadithc same-into a wagon, to which the apparatus ordinarilyjs to be'attached,.the elevators being changed according to the substance to be raised, the remainder of the apparatus being constant. A is the frame otithe machine, with a groove upon the inner side extending from its'rear'tothe front, and 'fromthence to the top of t'he frame in front. a caresections of a quadrant, and part 'of the frame, with their oentres the same as that of the pulleyf, the axle of the driving-wheels passing between 0 e, and by means of stop bolts supporting the frameatany desired'height. .o is the driving-wheel, upon the inner side of which is the spur-wheel k, meshing into thespur-whee l and pulley f. 'Ovcr'the pulleys f, s, and 8 runs an endless chain, 7:, which iscerricd by the projections upon the spur-wheel f. B B "B are elevators or carriers, the sides of which, or ends, are knee-shaped, and attached to the chains by a cross-rod extending from chain to chain. 1) is a lsnob or projection from the side of the elevator or carrierfliead, working in the slot in the frame, and which keeps the carriers in position. In those .clcr-ator or carrier-heads are inserted teeth, shovels, or other tools, according to the material to he raised. 6 is a self-adjusting table, hinged upona. projection of the frame in front, and high enough to tip its load into a wagon.

.As the machine moves forward, the carriers move forward under the frame, loading themselvesas they advance. They are then raised, tipping the table as-each passes, the tablefalls back-in place, and the elevator,

when it has been raised far enough to free the knob p from the slot in the frame, is dumped upon the table, as'

re resented at B. Bf re resents the carrier inverted-and dum ed'u on the table. After bein inverted, the

P P P P c point of the carrier-head t, as the head is carried forward, comes in contact with the cross-rod a, when the head is restored to-its former position, and ready-again topass forward and r'eload.

What I claim; and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. I claim the slotted frame A, in combination with the cross-head elevators B. for the uses andpurposes set forth. v

2. Iciaim the adjustable table I), in combination with tho elevator-heads, for the purposedcscribcd. 3. I claim the quadrant-shaped bars (3 c, in combination with the frame A and axle of the driving-whocls,

for the purpose of raisingiand lowering the main apparatus.

SIMEON B. CASTLE.

Witnesses:

Cass. Fos'rnn, Ones. W. KINNE. 

